No.115 Helicopter Unit Hovering Angels Motto : Apatsu Mitram (A friend in time of need) Date Raised : 1967-04-01 Location : Udhampur No. 115 Helicopter Units was formed at Chandigarh on 01 Apr 1967 under the command of Sqn Ldr C Rama Rao (4711) F (P) and was equipped with MI-4 helicopters. The Units was earmarked for operations in Rajasthan sector with its location at then Air Force Flying College, Jodhpur. moved to its present location, 11 Wing, AF on 08 Sept 68. By Dec 67, the Units had received its full complement of aircraft, aircrew and ground personal. The Units then moved to its new location at AFFC, Jodhpur on 16 Jan 68 and was declared fully operational.
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01 Apr 67 - 01 Jun 69Squadron LeaderRama Rao Chavali4711 GD(P)COChandigarh | 01 Jun 69 - 01 Jun 72Squadron LeaderAnand Narain Mehtani5804 GD(P)CO | | 01 Jan 74 - 01 Feb 76Squadron LeaderCavas Kekashroo Panthaky6890 GD(P)CO | 01 Feb 76 - 01 Jul 77Squadron LeaderDinesh Chandra Kaushik6353 GD(P)CO | |
01 Jul 77 - 01 Sep 79Squadron LeaderMohinder Kumar Saini9779 GD(P)CO | 01 Sep 79 - 01 Nov 81Wing CommanderRanjit Kumar Malhotra6513 GD(P)CO | 01 Nov 81 - 01 Jun 84Wing CommanderMahabir Prasad Premi8378 GD(P)CO | | | |
01 Jun 88 - 01 Dec 90Wing CommanderKrishan Pratap Narain Singh11023 GD(P)CO | 01 Jan 91 - 01 Jun 93Wing CommanderRaghupati Saran Das13158 F(P)CO | 01 Jul 93 - 01 Apr 96Wing CommanderBikram Dev Singh13573 F(P)CO | 01 Apr 96 - 01 Jun 97Wing CommanderAshok Kumar Malhotra14112 F(P)CO | 01 Jun 97 - 01 May 99Wing CommanderTripath Pal Singh Dhillon16215 F(P)CO | |
01 May 99 - 01 Aug 01Wing CommanderManavendra Singh16983 F(P)CO | 01 Aug 01 - 01 Jul 03Wing CommanderGuttikonda Amara Prasad Babu17714 F(P)COTezpur | 01 Jul 03 - 01 Jun 05Wing CommanderAjay Singh Pathania18594 F(P)COTezpur | | Unknown - 06 Jul 17Wing CommanderMandeep Singh Dhillon25307 F(P)COTezpur | |